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I posted awhile back about the collapse of my family. Things still are not going well, they have infact gone from bad to worse. I have few skills in this world, the spoken word not being one of them. I promised my Grandmother I would protect the family, and that means keeping them together. So I wrote the fallowing. I ask that everyone who reads please take it very seriously, and above all please give me their thoughts on the subject and the paper. It needs to be perfect. I need your help.

I am a young man, just beginning my path in this world.The ages have not yet yielded to me their secrets, but I feel as though I have seen enough to speak.While I have yet to be graced by the wisdom of the ages, I have been graced with skills of observation. I have observed as much as one can in as short a time as I have walked this Earth. I ask only that you read this in its entirety, take it seriously, think over your responses carefully before posting them.This is not meant to be a new weapon in some offensive, it is merely meant to inspire thought, and perhaps new found understanding amongst warring factions.

Family

The world is a cold dark place. It is filled with shadows, faint whispers of figures, remorseless phantoms that care not for the poor lost souls wandering the atlas’s dark corridors.One innocent soul lost in a sea of chaos cannot begin to dream of ever finding happiness.The cold wind is an ever present sign of nature’s malice: only the strong survive.Mist and shadow cloud the way out of this dismal abyss, one without a light is surely lost forever, doomed to roam the recesses of misery by themselves.

The Lord would never abandon mankind to such a wretched fate. He has too much love for us to do something so cold hearted.That is why mankind was blessed with the gift of family.A gift many of us so often ignore until it is too late.It is this gift of that brings light to the darkness, brings strength to the weak, and empowers us to face the unremorseful world.It is baffling to me why the power of this gift, the strength that it gives us, the happiness it brings is so often forsaken. It is truly baffling to me that so many abuse this gift, and treat it as though it was as common as a fly on the wall on a hot summer’s day. Too many people look at this gift from God and do not realize that it is something that is irreplaceable.

A family is a group that comforts you when you’re sick, brings strength to you when you are weak. They are supposed to stand by you and guide you through the streets of life. They are like a lighthouse on the rocky shore of the ocean, signaling you that you are close to safety, while at the same time guiding you away from the rocks. That is the duty with which family is charged. Family is not however, a tool to be manipulated and used to achieve one’s own self-serving needs.A family is a unit, made up of many individuals who all must take their turn tending the light house. If one chooses to neglect their responsibility, to act out of narcissistic desires, the flame will wither and die, and that warm welcoming beacon of hope does not stand a chance of being able to cut through the treacherous fog.

A family must stand together, stand for one another that is where the strength of family emanates, the love for one another. So many people seem to think that standing together, and supporting one another, means feeding on each other. There is a difference between support and dependence.A family is a safe harbor from treacherous seas, an oasis the shelters you from the storm. However it cannot support you indefinitely.Eventually you must face the vast expanse of this world, venture out into it on your own, start your own adventure.That does not mean however that the safety of that harbor is not always going to be there.In one form or another family will be there to help.It is foolish though to just expect family to help you, to assume that family will be right around the corner to help you clean up your messes.Yes they are there to help you in hard times, but you have to be responsible enough to ask for help.A light house does no good if you are not willing to heed its warning. A safe harbor yields no sanctuary if one does not seek its calm temped waters. An island paradise does you no good, if you squander its resources. Eventually one must stand on one’s own feet, and return the help, the kindness, and the aid that the family has given them.Family is supposed to help one another, but that means that everyone is supposed to help everyone else.Even the weakest of members must be expected to pull their own weight. In life there are many hills to climb; it is far easier to pull a wagon up a hill with 16 people than it is by yourself.No family ever expects its members to pull their wagon by themselves, but it is not fair to the people who have given you so much to sit in your wagon and expect them to pull it to the top of the hill for you. Your weight although small in comparison to the weight of the wagon, is still an added burden the family must bear. Yes, if someone is weak, the family should bear that burden, take on that extra load, and do so with a smile, for one day they may need this help.But eventually, one must get out of the wagon; one must take their ranks amongst the team.It is, at least to me, incomprehensible how one can ride in the wagon, add that burden to the family and just expect them to bare it. How guilt must fill those who ride the wagon for endless assents up life’s peaks.I can understand why they would want to: the trek is tough, and riding is easy, but to be able to sit and watch while the rest of the family is forced to bare their extra weight time and time again, I cannot begin to imagine the thought process that leads a person to think that this is alright.The family is doing that individual no favors by allowing this perpetual ride; they are denying that person the lessons of the trail.They are being denied the strength that comes from falling down in the mud, from having to make that trip up the hill.

A family is a unit of people, who help one another out of the kindness, and the love they have in their hearts.They do this not out of the thought of reward; no, they do it because they know it is right, they do it because they love the people in the family. But there are those who take advantage of the system, there are those who ride the wagon time and time again to the top of the hill, and then have the audacity to complain about the quality of the ride.They spit in the face of the hospitality of the family and make demands for, or worse yet feel as though they are entitled to further aid, without ever offering to step off of the wagon and take their turn on the team.These individuals cause the greatest of burdens to the family, consuming the most time, and the most energy while contributing the least.The added stress of this can push even the strongest family past its limits.

A family is a unit that cannot be replaced: it can be repaired, and it can grow, but once destroyed it is gone forever. You can build things that resemble a family, but they are nothing more than a hollow shell, a ghostly reminder of what you once enjoyed. Stress can damage the walls of the fortress, but love can rebuild them. Anger can build barriers in the home, but compassion can break them down. Selfishness and irresponsibility can divide a home, but logic and reason can bring it back together. Love and compassion are the strongest mortar the world has ever known, they can only be destroyed by a lack of attention and complacence. One must remember what family is, and what it is supposed to do.

A family is a strong unit because the members make it strong. Many individuals working together each with a roll, rolls not assigned by some higher power, but rather rolls that evolve to fit the individuals, their strengths and their weaknesses.No one is good at everything, and no one should be expected to be good at everything. That is why a family is so strong, each member has strengths, that help cover the others weaknesses.It is the duty of the strong to help the weak.The tall are the arms of the short, the young are the legs for the old. The wise must guide those who are just discovering the ways of the world.The elders must prepare the young for the trials ahead, they must teach them how the world works, and guide them into the vast expanse of the world to start their own journey. Leaving the safety of home, can be scary, the world of adults is one that is far less certain than the world of youthful joy. All young people eventually reach this precipice, the wide world before them, the safety of childhood behind them.Standing on this edge is a terrifying place to be, once crossed there is no going back. As terrifying as the advent horizon is, one must eventually cross it, and begin their adventure in a world filled with untold adventures, and treacherous pit falls. No matter how hard one tries to avoid it one must eventually enter this world; some must enter this world faster than others as a result of their actions. Once one starts to make the decisions that adults makes, they must be ready to live with the consequences of these actions, just as an adult does. Once a child has crossed the event horizon they are no longer a child, and must stop acting like one.This is a stressful time, especially if the elders in the family feel that the child has crossed that line too soon. It is stressful for the child as they have fallen into a world they are not fully prepared for.The natural reaction for the child will be to try to jump back into the world of their youth. As hard as it is the elders have to reject their attempts to jump back into the cradle. Life is a one way street: there is no going back. This is not an act of cruelty even though at the time that it may seem that way. This is an essential action key to the development of the individual.The longer it is put off the harder it becomes, the smaller the chance of the individuals success in life becomes. In these times of disembarkment the gentle push may feel like a cold hearted shove, in times of stress the fog of anger easily distorts this age old logic, morphing it to appear as cold hearted savagery. That is why it is important for both sides involved to remember the principles upon which a family functions.No family should ever cast its members to the wolves. Anger’s broiling fume can make it feel as though the family is casting this poor soul into a God forsaken abyss, filled with the tormented souls who have been doomed to spend eternity in a solitary existence.Remember that entering the realm of Adults, does mean that the days of youthful ignorance are over, gone are the days of being able to hide in the wagon when it gets stuck. The family cannot just carry you up the hill anymore. But that does not mean that your family will not be there to help you. They will always be there to help, what changes is how they help you.No longer are they going to load you into the wagon and pull you from harm. You have stepped out into the world and have begun building your own addition to the family, and must assume the responsibility that comes with that, you must start carrying your part of the family up the hill. If you become mired in the mud, or slipped down the hill, the family will help you, but you are beyond the age of being carried.Once you enter the world of adults, you must set an example for your family, and become a guide to prevent them from repeating your mistakes, and encouraging their successes. A failure to do so is a sin so incomprehensible that it defies this writer the words to do it justice.

Always remember that family is the greatest gift one can ever have in this world, it knows strength that no one person can have, but it also knows frailty greater than that of an infant.One must love their family, and one must care for their family, but more than anything one must always remember that they are but a part of the family and should have enough respect for it that they do not arrogantly expect the other members to make one’s way in this world for them.

Thoughts

No one person is perfect. No one individual goes their entire life without abusing family, or forgetting its importance. We have all made mistakes, and we will all continue making mistakes, constant harping on this fact will not solve anything. I know I have, I took family for granted. I assumed that it would always be there, that my family was different from everyone else’s family in that nothing could break us apart. I regret that mistake, but the past is in the past, and that is where it will always remain. Nothing can change it, no matter how much I may want to. This is a universal truth that all should understand, hiding from your actions does not change them; eventually you will have to face the consequences. We cannot live in the past, but that does not mean ignore it. We must learn from our past mistakes, and move forward, towards a solution to our problems. Silent jabs, as noble as the intentions behind them may be, are acts of aggression. They do nothing to support your argument; they do nothing to ease the tensions. When we allow anger to dictate our actions, we become something evil. The power of rage if phenomenal and addicting, and I know firsthand how easy it is to succumb to venomous grip. However, for all the strength, all the power that the forces of anger and frustration give you, they are useless, they do not have the power to create or to save, they have only the power to destroy.I have seen them destroy age old friendships, break up once thriving relationships between lovers, and now I am watching these forces of evil destroy the bonds that hold my family together. It makes me sick to my stomach to see how members of my family, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, are treating one another. Everyone thinks they have the right answer, and they are unwilling to yield. Each is trying to obtain the solution that they want, that they believe is right. None of them set out with malice in their heart. This he said, she said, that has dominated our family sense the outbreak of this feud has not served to resolve this conflict, and cannot solve our problems.One only has to look at congress to see that this fundamental principle rings true. I am a young man, and I do not pretend to know everything about the world. But I do know, from experiences in Boy Scouts that you do catch more flies with honey than vinegar. The best leaders in a Troop are the ones who hear both sides of the argument, and are able to rise above the conflict and use reason rather than emotion to solve the conflicts.

I do not know how to resolve the issues that are tarring apart my family. I do not know the magic answer that will bring peace to this war torn group. What I do know is that a house divided against its self cannot stand. How can we hope to whether the coming storms if we cannot learn to live together?

Both sides must be willing to admit that they were wrong. Both sides must be willing to give. Both sides must be willing to rise above the rancor that has been allowed to consume them, and work together.That means give and take. Most important of all, all parties involved have to throw aside the vain concept of victory. Setting out to conquer your family members, to make them yield, is a narcissistic quest of vanity. I would pray that everyone involved in this great clash can understand that concept, and would be willing to cast aside a desire for victory and personal glory in the interest of serving the greater good.If they are not, well then perhaps I have overestimated the strength of those members involved. Perhaps I have allowed myself to be fooled by the shroud of ignorance into believing that family is anything more than a blood line. My heart tells me that family means something. However, with each passing day my logical mind tells me more and more that I am wrong.

626.) So as if Obamamania was not insane enough already, I have this little trinket of information. According to a CNS news report the Capitol Christmas Tree… oh my God did I say Christmas Tree, oh I did, because that is what it is, anyways the Christmas Tree in the Capitol has a questionable assortment of ornaments.

First a little background

A Christmas Tree is a simple pine tree decorated with ornaments, and is a symbol of the celebration of Christmas, one of the most important holidays in the Christian Faith. It is during Christmas that we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. It is a very important holiday in our faith. Yet it is continually met with mockery, and outragous insults that if they were levied against any other religion would have the progressive media, and half the bloggers in the world up in arms calling for peoples heads. President Obama would go on an apology tour begging for the rest of the worlds forgiveness. However for some reason, Christmas is pushed aside, because some people find it offensive. Well I find it offensive that many of these individuals, who have no faith, will dare mock mine, then celebrate Christmas turning the holiday into a meaningless shadow of itself. I have been in classes where a teacher was forced to remove her fake pine tree that had snow on it, because a Jewish child was offended by it. We then had a Hanukkah day in class where we were forced to learn about the jewish faith so we would not be insensitive to other peoples religion, really? Progressives have set out to change Christmas, they call Christmas Trees holiday trees, taking CHRIST, THE ENTIRE REASON FOR THE SEASON out of the celebration of holiday. Would it be okay if I called a Menorah a Holiday Candelabra, of course not that insults someones faith, and is met with outrage. Progressives never really care about equal justice, just justice that buys them more power and support on their ever continueing march of Social Engineering.

The Story

Well the outragous attacks against Christmas continue to this day, the most recent has to do with the Capitol Christmas tree. On this tree that whether cry baby progressives like it or not, is a Symbol of the Birth of Jesus Christ, there are no readily visable ornaments that say Christmas, Jesus, or any hint of the Nativity. However, it does bare many ornaments that sing the praises of President Barack Obama. Want to talk about insults. It is NOT A HOLIDAY TREE, it is NOT OBAMA TREE, it does not Christmas is not about celebrating political figures, it is not about feeding motral egos. It is about celebrating the greatest gift given to man kind, the gift of God’s only son who came to save our immortal souls. It is about peace on earth, and good will towards man. President Obama is but a mortal, and does not deserve to grace a Christmas Tree more prominently than JESUS!

This is not posted as anything President Obama has done wrong, but rather about the insane fanatics who worship the ground that this man walks on.

624.) President Obama is once again hinting at his true beliefs, that he is actually all powerful, and that congress is nothing more than a troublesome formality, like the Queen of England. When asked about how he was going to win reelection, President Obama had this too say, “Well, what we’re going to have to do is continue to make progress on the economy over the next several months. And where Congress is not willing to act, we’re going to go ahead and do it ourselves. But it would be nice if we could get a little bit of help from Capitol Hill”. Well… seeing as the President can only inforce laws, that congress passes, I don’t really know how he is going to jump start the economy without congress. He doesn’t have the power to will things into existance. Nothing new, just another example.

625.) A drone was lost in Iran, a top secret drone. President Obama being the diplomat that he is, then asked for the ever cooperative Iranian governmetn to please give us back our plane. Iran responded by mocking President Obama by saying the he”Begs to give him back his toy plane.” What made President Obama think that he could just ask Iran for the drone back and they would just hand it over? When has asking Iran to do something, ever worked for this President… oh thats right never. So that is two peices of top secret technology that President Obama has let fall into unfriendly hands.

December 7th 1941, a day which will live in infamy. seventy years ago, the United States was directly and deliberalty attacked by navel and air forces of the Empire of Japan. America was at peace with this nation, we were in the grips of the Great Depression, belief in the nation was low. The world was falling apart, it appear that the forces of evil would march over the face of the earth. How could the world ever be peacful again. The once clear welcoming waters of Pearl Harbor where now stained black and crimson. The United States navey sat on the bottom of the harbor. From the fires of destruction, a new power was awoken. The firey words of a passionate leader, words of courage, words of hope, words of encouragement lifted our nation, and united us. They summoned the Phoenix forth from the realm of death. I make no qualms about calling out what I believe President Franklin Roosevelt did wrong, but his words remind us that although we may have different views, we may have different backgrounds, but together there is nothing that we can’t do. There is nothing stronger than a nation of free men. There is no greater knowledge than that harnessed by free thinking. There is nothing that America cannot do, so long as we are willing to resolve ourselfs to the cause. There is no force avaliable to the forces of Tyranny that can defeat the strength in America’s heart. December 6th America was asleep, Decemeber 7th America was shaken, December 8th we were united and resolved to push through to absolute victory.

70 years ago today, America was thrusted into World War II. 70 years ago today, America was saved from depression. Always remember what happened on December 7th 1941. What was lost, what was gained, and show your respect to those who laid down there lives.

621.) President Obama gave a speech on Monday December 5th, 2011 once again calling on congress to act to keep his pay roll tax cut. Well when I say calling on congress to act, what I mean to say is, Mr. Partisan Politics, is calling out Republicans demanding that they compromise (President Obama’s version of the word, do exactly as I say, or else you are evil) and extend the pay roll tax cut. He warned that 160 million Americans will see their taxes go up January 1st unless those evil Republicans agree to compromise with the kind hearted, loving, Democrats.

President Obama said, “I know many Republicans have sworn an oath never to raise taxes as long as they live.” he then said, “How can it be the only time there’s a catch is when it comes to raising taxes on middle-class families? How can you fight tooth and nail to protect high-end tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and yet barely lift a finger for taxes going up for 160 million Americans who really need the help? It doesn’t make sense.”

This sounds like great logic, this fits the progressive narrative exactly. That only they care for the poor, only they care for the unwashed masses. That Republicans hate everyone but the rich, and only want the rich to be happy. They want you the lowely peasants to exist in squaler for the rest of your meager existance, your only point in life to serve as food source for the dragon fanged serpants who own the world. There is only one problem, President Obama is spinning facts, and covering up the truth.

Once again, I will put this out there for you my readers, as obviously President Obama doesn’t understand this, compromise requires two sides to give something to one another. President Obama does not want compromise he wants blind folded cult like obedience. You see, it is not the evil Republicans who are not compromising, it is the arrogant Democrats in the congress. The conservatives in congress, most of which are Republicans have sworn not to raise taxes, this is true. This was part of the mandate that they were sent to Washington with, part of what the Tea Party wanted. So it would seem that President Obama is right in the fact that it seems odd that they are not willing to extend this payroll tax holiday, even though they fight tooth and nail for tax cuts for the producers. The problem here is that President Obama and the rest of the progressives in congress want to pay for this tax holiday by raising taxes on the producers. Republicans want to pay for the tax holiday by cutting spending, via reducing the blotted federal work force, as well as freezing federal salaries. Republicans have sworn never to raise taxes, so why would they accept the Democrat plan? If the Democrats wanted the payroll tax cut extended to help the middle class they could accept the Republican plan. But that won’t happen because this isn’t about helping the middle class this is about the goal of redistributing wealth, the Democrats refused to compromise on revenues in the debt commission, because they didn’t tax the producers enough, now they are going to undercut the payroll tax cut because once again they are not going to get their much sought after tax hike on the job creators in the nation.

So lets see, there were two offers put on the table, offer A and offer B. the meets step one of compromise. Side A refuses Side B’s offer,Side B refuses Side A’s offer, So how is it that it is only one side who is not willing to compromise. Oh I know Because President Obama has kicked his campaign mode into high gear, and is trying every dirty handed trick he has in his ol’ bag of Chicago Political Tips. Do not believe him when he calls out Republicans, compromise is a two way street. Scold the democrats from time to time. I doubt we see that though, because the Democrats blindly follow him, and agree with him, which matches his idea of compromise, do as I say NOW.

622.) In that same speech President Obama said,”I just point out that they haven’t always felt that way. Over the last decade they didn’t feel the need to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, which is one of the reasons we face such large deficits. So forgive me a little bit of confusion when I hear folks insisting on tax cuts being paid for.” This is funny, the reason it is funny, is because President Obama does have a point, the sticking point over this issue is how to make it deficit neutral. However President Obama once again, is demonstrating his lack of understanding of the American Economic System. YOU DO NOT PAY FOR TAX CUTS! Taxes pay for spending. The government taxes us, to pay for its spending. A tax cut means that people pay the government less money, they get to keep more of their money in their pockets. Not getting dollar is not the same as spending a dollar. Taxes go to pay for spending. If your Dad was going to give 20 dollars, but for whatever reason he couldn’t give it to you, you did not just spend 20 dollars you just didn’t get 20 dollars. You are no poorer than you were before. However, you do need to adjust your spending habits to compensate for not getting that $20 dollars. Basically you can’t spend what you don’t have, unless of course you are the government. The payroll tax was put on the books to fund social security. So cutting the payroll tax reduces the amount of money going into Social Security, a fund which is on the verge of insolvency, so adjustments must be made to compensate for the reduced levels of income. That is not the same as spending, that is what is known as budgeting.

623.) President Obama said, “Over the last decade they didn’t feel the need to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, which is one of the reasons we face such large deficits” This is wrong, no matter how you look at it, this statment from the President is wrong. The reason we have deficits is because we SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY, cutting taxes is not spending money. The government levies taxes in order fund spending. Not taxing does not equal spending. A defict comes from spending more money than you bring in, the key word there is SPENDING, the reason we have such large deficits is because we spent too much money. The government has known for over ten years the amount of revenue it was going to have at the current tax rates, yet it continued to spend more money than it was bringing in. The reason we have large deficits is not because there were massive tax cuts over ten years ago. The reason we have large deficits is because the government refused to cut spending to match the revenues. President Obama and his progressives allies in Congress are responsible for the massive deficits that we are running, not the tax cuts made over a decade ago. They are the ones who knew what the governments revenues were, and passed a $1,000,000,000,000 spending bill, saying that future revenues would pay for it (that worked really well for Enron). They are the ones who passed countless extensions to welfare, knowing the government did not have the funds to pay for it. They are the ones who bought GM and Chrysler, saying that they would earn money back from the selling of the stocks, even though we lost money during the IPO. President Bush, was no champion of Fiscal Responsibility. Below are two sets of numbers, President A, and President B.

President A: under President A’s watch our national debt has risen on average $1,723,000,000,000(1.723 trillion dollars),

President B: under President B’s watch our national debt has risen on average $607,000,000,000 (607 billion) a year.

The difference between the two works out to be about $1,116,000,000,000 (1.116 trillion dollars) that President A spent compared to President B. So by looking the above stated data, lets see if we can figure out which President is President Bush and which President is President Obama.

President Bush cut taxes, so under Obamaian logic he clearly would be President A, because he didn’t take more money from the rich to pay for his spending, that means he would run massive deficits.

President Obama spent money, so under Obamaian logic he would clearly be President B, yes he spent more money than the government had in revenue, but he didn’t cut taxes for the evil rich people, so clearly his deficits could not be as large.

Before you guess, here is one final peice of information, this comes from a wallstreet journal artical , the numbers are from 2008. “The top 1% of taxpayers—those with salaries, dividends and capital gains roughly above about $380,000—paid 38% of taxes. But assume that tax policy confiscated all the taxable income of all the “millionaires and billionaires” Mr. Obama singled out. That yields merely about $938 billion, which is sand on the beach amid the $4 trillion White House budget, a $1.65 trillion deficit”. If you taxed every households making $114,000 at 100% would not close the budget gap.

Place your answer in your comments, I will post the answer probably in a week.

619.) Last night was the annual lighting of the Rockefeller Christmas tree, President Obama decided to hold a fundraiser in New York City last night. So New York was flooded with thousands of people coming to see the lighting of the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center. Streets are crowded, traffic worse than normal, so President Obama decideds that he should make that situation even worse, and hold a fundraiser in New York. So now even more traffic, even more issues brought upon the people of New York City. This really bugs me, it probably wouldn’t if he chose to have his fundraiser when there was a random concert in Rockefeller Center, but to have a fundraiser durning the lighting of the Rockefeller Christmas tree, one of the most prominent symbols of the Christmas Season seems to me to be a bit of a slap in the face. Now of course some people will say that I am trying to trump this up, and make something out of nothing. But I think this is just another example of President Obama’s narcissism, raising more money for his campaign is greater than the lighting of the best know Christmas Tree in the world.

620.) President Obama said Wednesday November 30th, 2011, “I try not to pat myself too much on the back, but this administration has done more for the security of the state of Israel than any previous administration” Really, that is shocking. He has done more than any previous administration, I find that hard to believe. He has embolden the islamist extremist who want to blast Irsael off the face of the Earth. He supported a return to the pre-1967 boarders. That my friends, is what we call appeasment, this is how Chamberland tried to stop the Nazi advance a crossed Europe, and that failed miserably. How does appeasing people who want to destroy Israel help Israel?

In the same speech President Obama also said, “Obviously, no ally is more important than the state of Israel” Oh Israel is the most important ally of the United States? Is that why President Obama continually snubs the Prime Minister? Is that why he talks about appeasment to the terrorist trying to destroy Israel? No ally is more important than the state of Israel, President Obama no more believes that than he believes that he doesn’t like to pat himself on the back. I am pretty sure the only reason he was saying these things was because the fundraiser was held in a the home of American Jewish Congress Chairman Jack Rosen.

I would like to point out that to attend the above mentioned fundraiser there was a minimum price of $10,000 dollars.

I would also like to point out that he held 3 fundraisers in New York City yesterday, which brings his total number of fundraisers this year up to 69.